2-752-697 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The City of Detroit, (From Canada Shore)', 1872. Sailing ships at the port of Detroit, Michigan, USA, seen from Windsor, Ontario. The two cities are located on the Detroit River between Lake St Clair and Lake Erie. The Detroit River is one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]